SINGAPORE PM LEE TO HOST LIVE FORUM ON CHANNEL NEWSASIA

SINGAPORE, April 8 (Bernama) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
is hosting a live television forum, engaging a panel of 12 Singaporeans from a
cross-section of the population on a wide range of topics.

The forum will be shown live at 8pm on Channel NewsAsia on April 12.

The hour-long programme is called "Question Time with the Prime Minister"
and topics for discussion include social, political and long-term issues facing
Singapore, the television channel reported.

For the first time, viewers are invited to send in their questions for the
prime minister during the forum via SMS (short message service) or email. He
will address some of the questions during the programme.

The microsite for the programme at channelnewsasia.com/questiontime is now
available for viewers to send in their queries for the forum. Online viewers can
also catch the webcast live at the microsite.

In addition, netizens can choose to put in their messages on
Facebook.com/questiontime.

Executive producer Tan Lek Hwa said: "With election excitement in the air,
we want to provide another platform for the man in the street to be able to give
voice to the questions or comments that they've always wanted to air, but
never had the opportunity."